Sad-iron handle.



No. 811,020. PATENTED (IAN. 30, 1906.

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SAD IRON HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1904..

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SAD-IRON HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJan. 80, 1906.

Application filed May 23,1904. Serial No. 209,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL WINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Iron Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to handles for sad-irons or flat-irons which are readily removable and which may be used in connection with one or more base-pieces or irons proper. Many of the irons at present used are provided with locking-bars for engagement with the handle-catches.

The present invention is adapted toprovide catches which will engage with different-sized locking-bars and which will adjust themselves to the locking-bars when either the bar or the catch becomes worn and also a device which will securely lock the handle in engagement with the iron and rigidly hold the same.

The handle may be readily removed by simply turning a knob with the thumb of the hand which grasps the handle.

A preferred form of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the handle in connection with a sad-iron, parts being broken away and shown in section for clearness of illustration. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the handle. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a portion of the handle, showing the operating knob or lever; and Fig. 4: is a detail showing the locking-cam with one edge beve ed.

A represents a handle of any suitable construction, having a bottom plate a, provided with depending flanges a, which engage with shoulders b on the upper surface of the iron B. The handle A is prevented from lateral movement by means of keepers Z) along the top of the iron B in the ordinary manner. The iron B is provided with a locking-bar 6 with which the handle-catch is adapted to engage. This catch consists of one or more depending lugs or jaws a, integral with or rigidly connected with the bottom plate a. There are preferably two of these lugs, as shown,

and these are provided with beveled engaging edges a as shown particularly in Fig. 1. It will be noted that as these edges are drawn into contact with the bar 6 they will pull down on the handle A and draw the flanges a into close contact with the lugs b. This is accomplished by means of a cam C, which is pivoted at c in a boss a", rising from the plate a. The curved face of the cam C presses against the locking-bar and draws the jaws a tightly against the opposite edge of the locking-bar. The cam C is operated by means of a handle D, which is rigidly secured to the upper end of the pivot c. This may be moved manually both to lock the handle or to release the same; but I prefer to use a coiled spring E for throwing the cam into locking position. This spring is coiled around the boss and has one end a in engagement with lug a on the plate a and the other end a in engagement with a lug (Z on the handle D, the tension being in the proper direction for throwing the cam toward the locking-bar. The. lower side or edge of the cam member C is beveled, as shown particularly at c, Fig. 4:, so that it will readily slip down over the top of the locking-bar when the handle is placed in position for engagement with the iron.

It is evident that slight changes in the details of construction will readilysuggest themselves as coming within the scope of this invention, and I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein shown and set forth; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a sad-iron handle, of a pair of locking-jaws arranged at some distance apart and adapted to engage with the locking-bar of a sad-iron, a vertically-pivoted locking-cam, also adapted to engage with said bar on the opposite side from said jaws and at a point about midway between said jaws, means for holding said cam in looking position and a handle for releasing said cam.

2. The combination with a sad-iron handle, of depending locking-jaws having beveled engaging surfaces for engaging with a lockingbar of a sad-iron, a vertically-pivoted cam member having a beveled edge for convenience in placing the handle in engaging position, a spring for urging said cam into locking position and a handle for releasing said cam.

3. The combination with a sad-iron provided with a locking-bar, of a handle, two de pending lugs on said handle provided with inclined surfaces adapted to engage with said locking-bar, a vertically-pivoted cam member adapted to engage with the opposite side of gagement With the sad-iron and rigidly hold said locking-bar at a point about midway bethe same and Will also take up any lost motion tween said lugs, a spring for holding said cam due to Wear or difierent-sized locking-bars.

in looking position, and a handle for turning CARL WINTER. said earn, the arrangement being such that Witnesses: the cam will coact With the beveled surfaces BURT BEAN,

of the lugs to draw the handle into close en- CARL GAEBEL. 

